Collapsible furniture



A. N. CLOUGH.

COLLAPSIBLE FURNITURE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1919.

} 1,341,225. Patented May25,1920.

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ALFBED N. CLOUGH, OF SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THREE LEAF COT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF NEVADA.

- Application filed September 12, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'Auanu N. CLoUGH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Sunnyvale, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in C01- lapsible Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a form of chair or stool construction which permits the collapsing of the same into a small space for transportation.

It is the object of my invention to provide a. camping chair or stool of the nature in dicated that may be quickly and easily collapsed into small compass and as quickly and easily expanded and set up for use.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the chair or stool structure extended into position for use.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an illustration of the chair structure collapsed for transporting. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the spacing bar joint.

Referring more particularl to the drawings, 11 indicates a pair 0 side members forming the two front legs of the chair and extending upwardly and terminating in pins 22 adapted to engage orifices 3-3 in top cross member 1, which in turn engages loop 5 in canvas 6.

At 7--7 are a second pair of side members forming the two back legs of the chair, crossing members 1.-1 and pivotally connected thereto as at 8-8 and terminating in pins 9-9 adapted to engage bottom cross member 10 which in turn engages loop 11. in canvas 6, the said canvas 6 forming the seat and back of the chair when mounted as described. The crossed legs 1 and 7 are prevented from spreading by means of a tension cable or chain 12 connected to each member 7 as at 13 and passed through a staple 14 in adjacent member 1 and thence upwardly to connect with spacing bar 15.

In addition to cross members 4 and 10 the side members are spaced and held by means of a spacing bar 15 pivotally secured to each leg 1-1 as shown at 16-16 and provided with a central knee or hinge 17 breaking upwardly. This central hinge is made by beveling the abutting ends of the two parts of bar 15 as shown at 18 so as to engage each COLLAPSIBLE FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Serial No. 323,296.

other when the bar is in use. Each abutting end is fitted with a collar forming one portion of the hinge as shown at 19--19, these portions having ears formed thereon and secured together by a pivot 20 so that when folded the two members lie flat against each other as shown in Fig. 3.

In setting up the chair it is only necessary to separate the side members and swing open the crossed members 1 and 7 and place cross members at and 10 in position as described. A weight on seat 6 tends to increase the angular relation of crossed members 1 and 7 thereby subjecting each member 12 to a tensional strain, and this member being fixed at 13 must exert a downward pull upon that portion of spacing bar 15 to which it is secured. The result of this construction is that the greater the weight supported the more securely is spacing bar 15 held in an extended and rigid position. The chair is quickly reduced to a small compact bundle by reversing the process.

It is understood that changes in form and details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An article of the character indicated comprising two pairs of pivotally connected and crossed side members, a removable spacing member for the upper ends of each pair of corresponding side members, a flexible member supported by said spacing members, a breakable spacing member pivotally connected to two corresponding side members, and flexible means acting under tension for securing said breakable spacing member in an extended position.

2. An article of the character indicated comprising twowpairs of pivotally connected and crossed side members, a flexible member supported between said two pairs of side members, a breakable spacing member pivotally connected to two corresponding side members, and flexible means acting under tension for securing said spacing member in an extended position.

3. An article of the character indicated comprising two pairs of pivotally connected and crossed side members, a flexible member supported between said two pairs of side members, a breakable spacing member pivotally connected to two corresponding side members, and flexible means acting undergular relation to each other.

4:. In collapsible furniture, spacing means for parts thereof comprising a pair of abutting members pivotally connected to sald parts and beveled at their abutting ends to assume a given angular position with relation to each other when extended, a collar fitted over each of said abutting ends and provided with ears extending beyond the heel thereof, a pivotal connection between the ears of the two collars, and flexible means acting under tension connecting said parts and abutting inelnl'iers for securing said members in an extended position.

An article of the character indicated comprising two pairs oi. pivotally connected and crossed side members, a flexible member 20 supported between said two pairs oi side members, a breakable spacing member pivotally connected to two eorrespeinling side members, and a flexible m'emb a? secured at one end to the lower portion of one member of each pair of side members, slidably engaging the lower portion of the other member of the pair, and secured at its other end to said spacing member.

ALFRED ULUUGH. 

